Roma Downey

Roma Downey, born in Derry in 1960, is an Irish actor, producer and writer. She trained in London at The Drama Studio, then performed with the Abbey Theatre company in Dublin. She played Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in A Woman Named Jackie (1991), then took her signature role as the angel Monica on CBS's Touched by an Angel, which aired from 1994 to 2003 and earned her two Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. She starred in and executive produced television movies such as Borrowed Hearts (1997), and later starred in Come Dance at My Wedding (2009) and appeared in Keeping Up with the Randalls (2011). Downey produced The Bible miniseries, playing Mary, and its cinema release Son of God (2014); she also executive produced Ben-Hur (2016). She stars in and produces The Baxters, released in 2024. She received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2016 and an OBE in 2021.